{"id":49403504,"date":"2006-07-26T19:11:44","date_gmt":"2006-07-26T19:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=49403504"},"modified":"2006-07-26T19:11:44","modified_gmt":"2006-07-26T19:11:44","slug":"are-cyclists-destroying-the-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=49403504","title":{"rendered":"Are Cyclists Destroying the Earth?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"120\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/20060726191144270_1.jpg\" alt=\"\">In case you have not read or heard about the New York Times article about the paper by Karl Ulrich and the rebuttal by Andrew Leonard; Leonard summaries Ulrich position as &quot;Cyclists live longer, thus consuming more energy, bad for environment. Result: Bikers lose all will to live.&quot; And Paul Higgins position as &quot;Cyclists aren&#8217;t fat, thus lower healthcare costs, providing money for carbon abatement. Result: Bikers save the world.&quot;<br \/>\nLinks to articles and papers follow:<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nNew York Times Article:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/07\/22\/business\/22online.html?_r=3&amp;oref=slogin&amp;oref=slogin&amp;oref=slogin\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/07\/22\/business\/22online.html?_r=3&amp;oref=slogin&amp;oref=slogin&amp;oref=slogin<\/a><br \/>\nThe Paper by Karl Ulrich:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/opim.wharton.upenn.edu\/~ulrich\/documents\/ulrich-cycling-enviro-jul06.pdf\">https:\/\/opim.wharton.upenn.edu\/~ulrich\/documents\/ulrich-cycling-enviro-jul06.pdf<\/a><br \/>\nRebuttal by Andrew Leonard:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/tech\/htww\/2006\/07\/18\/bikers\/index.html\">https:\/\/www.salon.com\/tech\/htww\/2006\/07\/18\/bikers\/index.html<\/a><br \/>\noldId.20060726191144270<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case you have not read or heard about the New York Times article about the paper by Karl Ulrich and the rebuttal by Andrew Leonard; Leonard summaries Ulrich position as &quot;Cyclists live longer, thus consuming more energy, bad for environment. Result: Bikers lose all will to live.&quot; And Paul Higgins position as &quot;Cyclists aren&#8217;t &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=49403504\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Are Cyclists Destroying the Earth?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49403504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-environment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49403504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49403504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49403504\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49403504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49403504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49403504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}